The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-02-24

not distinguish from its shadow, great
and besetting misfortune is Detailing us,
a threatening calamity is raralyzing us,
now Just for fun we will give a few of
the solutions of this sphinx-like riddle.
Some think it is the seasons which are
either too not, too cold, too wet, or too
dry, and each of these conditions Of the
season are blamed so it canno. be attrib-
uted to either, as we have every variety
of them.
Some think the fault is in the kind of
people we have, but it cannot be since we
have every variety of them. Some think
it is money We need, and they are wrong,
for there is more money in the country
than mule can pull down hill in cart
on ice with both wheels creased. Every
body wishes for thousands of money.
Dir. Ike frequently imagines if lie had
millions how happy and blessed the
country would be, and especially him.
self, yet when he gets hold of a nickel he
does not properly apply it. If he aud
the rest had wisely invested the few
nickela that came into their possession
they would be well off; still they think
they are the proper persons to handle
millions, though they are mistaken. ~
very few dollars make great many Of
us very ridiculous, and if we had few
thousand dollars our pomposity and YER
bosiiy would be uncomfortable. So the
dispenser very wisely withholds what he
sees would make us as ridiculous as a
mule with red striped breeches. We
think it great misfortune to be poor,
but the world could not get along with
out poor people. Willie rich people are
of little or no use whatever, either in
war or peace. it is the poor people that
run the machinery of the world Take
all Of the poor people out Of the country
and the rich people would no; be worth
the ammunition it would take to kill
them. They are the slaves to guard the
money that is utterly worthless unless it
is for the use of the poor people. Some
think if We had the right kind of laborers
and could properly control them, espe-
cally the negroes, We would be happy
and prosperous and have nothing 10 do
but to say 60, and do, and our bidding
would be done, though our laborers are
worthy their hire, and if paid will per-
form. So the fault is not in them. 9th
ers think we need legislation, though
that cannot be since we have twenty.
seven kinds of laws to protect aud guide
US in the paths of prosperity and happi-
uess, and to shield us from wrong-and
it takes car of books to contain the
laws of each kind there is not vice nor
q virtue in the category that has no, been
prohibited by some law or other, and
there is nothing good or mean for which
our lawyers caunot find law to encourage
or to excuse. 1t matters not what q
plaintiff or defendant may do or be guilty
OF, a gool and true lawyer can find law
to Justify it.
Many people seem to think the fault is
in the religion Of the day, and they are
not so far wrong as you might suppose.
Still all the fault cannot be in religion
and while this club claims 10 possess
very little of it, there is undoubtedly a
s.rcam of pure religion that has descend.
ed from the creation down to the present
day, and while it cannot inculcate any
improper thought or deed, many claim
to have been regencratcd and washed il
the stream who are far from clean.
Some claim it is want of knowledge
that is injuring US, but if we would only
do as we'll as we know how to do the Jail,
would soon be empty and the lawyer:
starved. knowledge was the forbidden
fruit, that our grand mother a.c tnC
much of and made the whole human
race sick, aud they are not over it yet
1t would be blessing indeed, il We
could only answer all our misdecds by
the plea that we did not know better. |
is too thin; we are all smart Alexis anl
know how to run the universe better
than the great architect that planned
created and put it in motion.
\ vast multitude think the grea; neet
of the times is advice, and hence we ar,
deluged with it day after day, everybody
giving it freely and nobody taking it
Every preacher can tell what other folk:
should do, but cannot 20 exactly s,raigh
in the narrow path If rectitude himself
Lawyers frequently suggest how tht
mercantile business should be carried or
or the banking business operated. The!
cannot see they are pre:naturely going Il
seed in their own profession. Most cli
tors can tell the farmers wha' to plant
when to plant, and yet leave some thing:
out of their papers that should be known
and put many things in that had beer
better left ont. Nearly any farmer can
tell what The minister should preach
and what the merchant should sell
while the grass Is getting away wi:h hi,
new ground corn.
In fine, everybody, including Mr.. Ike
thinks he understands everybody else:
business better than they do themselves
and can tell the reason they fail while hi
cannot sec, and will not look for thu
cause of his own failure. He seems II
think he has the capacity, and ability
TO manage for every one else while hi
own calling and business is obi,crale,
by neglect. Every one seems To thinl
he was created for n higher and NOR,
comprehensive sphere than the one hi
fills. We are ctcrnally looking At th'
blurClers of others while we stnmhl
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